On 12/16/2009 03:39 PM, greg pryzby wrote:
> According to Jared Wilson, HD-PVR and FiOS STB work well using the IR
Jarod
> Blaster.
>> I can watch, record, but haven't gotten the IR Blaster on the HD-PVR
> work yet.
>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Dan Wilga
> <mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu> <mailto:mythtv-users2 at dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu>> wrote:
>> At 11:17 AM -0500 12/16/09, Johnny wrote:
>> I think you are referring to the fact that Comcast got a waiver to
> allow them encrypt their extended basic channels without the use
> of a
> cable card. The FCC mandated all cable providers only use cable
> cards
> for decryption in set top boxes. Recently when switching to all
> digital, Comcast had to give their analog subscribers digital
> set top
> boxes for free. Since they had to give them out for free they went
> super cheap and used boxes that can't do the standard encryption so
> Comcast was having to send everything in the clear. They got a waver
> to allow them to use another simpler type of encryption that these
> free boxes can handle. So they are now in the process encrypting all
> of the the extended basic channels again. This is a separate issue
> from the OTA broadcast channels. Those are still supposed to be
> in the
> clear.
>>> And, in some markets (like mine), they are providing the SD versions
> of OTA channels in the clear but encrypting the HD versions. Grrr...
>
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